U.S. regulator just unlocked crypto perpetual futures — long Coinbase as the first-mover winner
The top U.S. derivatives regulator just gave the green light for crypto perpetual futures contracts to be offered on American soil for the first time. Coinbase is among the first platforms cleared to offer them, unlocking a huge new revenue stream.
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Perpetual futures are the most popular crypto trading product worldwide, but until now Americans had to use offshore exchanges to access them. With the CFTC explicitly allowing these contracts on U.S. soil and naming Coinbase as an approved platform, Coinbase gets first-mover access to a market worth billions in trading fees. This is a genuine business inflection point — not just a sentiment shift. Crypto-related stocks like CleanSpark, whose CEO was just appointed to Texas's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve committee, could also benefit from the broader legitimacy this regulatory green light signals for the entire crypto industry.